From the bestselling author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany s comes the story of three endearing misfits--an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies--who take up residence in a tree house. Remarkable. . . . Infused with a tender laughter charming human warmth [and] a feeling for the positive quality of life. --New York Herald Tribune Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town The Grass Harp tells the tale of three misfits who move into a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love that love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life. This volume also includes Capote s A Tree of Night and Other Stories which the Washington Post called unobtrusively beautiful...a superlative book.